The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-25

81 ann bound 20 SAY that nobody outside
OF France believes all this stuff, Contin-
ucd the doctor, running over the photo
graphs that represented a sensual looking
French woman under the various intlu-
enCCs Of the tube, in one instance her eyes
staring wildly, her jaw dropped, and in
another most gloriOusly unconscious oi the
cares OF this sinful world, "The subject,
rs YOU will see from the number on her
dress, is an inmate of the Hospital OF the
%Saltpetricre, and evidently one Of the
worst OF the bad characters taken there.
They are mostly historical women, and
the subject of the experiment is men
toned before them aud they know exactly
what they are expected to do. This thing
only goes to show how intelligent men can
be deceived when they want to be de-
ccived.
"Some time ago Chariot, who seems to
be one OF the most gullihlc men in the
world, announced his adherence 10 the
theory called tho metal cure Certain
metals were placed in contact with the
body and produced marked symptoms,
For instance, Il woman was parly6cd IN
the right hand. A copper coin was placed
on her hand, and instantly she recovered
" The arm has lost It's scnsiOilltv.
Place a piece OF gold upon il and n sen.
sation is felt (place u gold coin in the hand
of 4 waiter whose attention has been
mcagcr and the sensation will bc slartlingl.
In every case the patient knows the metal
and what is expected OF il, and instead OF
being affected by the metal she is affected
bv the principle uf Suggestion, which
acts with terrible force upon hystcrich
women that Is TO say, the woman will do
what IL cXpcctcd and produce certain symr-
toms that uc suggested, even though they
had no voluntary power. ! had such u
woman before my class Mt the University
of New York. There were 600 students
present, and | talked TO them Of this re-
markahle discovery. The woman WAS
present with her back toward me, and
heard me accepting for the occasion the
truth of what was advanced by Charcot,
letting the students know 10y private rig
mails that | was going to play u trick upon
her.
"rnRow AWAY TuosE CLUTCHES
This little piece Of gold ! said, TAX
ing into my hand a little piece oi rubber,
will cause the woman who Is puraly1cd In
her arm to be- cured Then ! pressed the
rubber on her neck and she threw up both
arms and screamed, Good Nodl m all
rightr could have done the slnc thing
| with iron or wood, and that's the cNPla-
nation of the metal GUMS. II II the same
| principle rs the faith curr, and all iniolll'
gent physicians simply laugh ut the charla-
tins who 90 around the world protesting
TO have occult power that nobody else pos.
scsScs. There is 70 much that educated
physicians know that the world docs not
know. Aud WHEN the world gets AN ink.
ling OF something new II thinks the dis
coycry wonderful. A soldier In Paris,
some years ago, performed ronr wonder.
iul cures on the principle oi the faith cure,
People with paralysis would come into lt-
office and he Wuuld rrrram Ia them.
Throw away those crutchcs' How
dare YOU oOmu into my presence on
cnltchu-.
And the people would 20 away without
their crutchCs, leaving a napoleon on III,
mantolpiorc, ui course. They were cured
by the strong mental impression they ~
cciycd, but only Tor "A littlr while. tn,
trouble would come back. | knew q lady
who had in her attic q chest fall Of silver
She hal been brdnddcn iur ten yrars, bu0
when the house took fire one night, sh,
got out Of bed, rushed upstaiu and draggr.
that chest, weighing u ar luO pounds
down upon the sidewalk, displaying u dc
grco of force That you or ] could not dc
vclop. The mex day she WIS confined e
her bed again. This shows What can b,
done under excitement. Latent force II
brought ont by a stimulus You will sc'
a man lit 800 pounds ol iron. 10 Is by tcH.
tho limit of his power. But place ~
pounds Of gold In irunt Of him and sly h,
can have J., for the lifting, and be- viii ll
a. lie could have lifted thc same weigh
OF irou.'
Souls wASprUiyu AROUND ionsE.
when The subject oi projected person
alitv vus broachcd Ia the docior he ob
tanned from a shelf u book hc had writer
on the subject five ycans ugo, and said, IL
looking ID over, that thurc Wcru Instance
oi tho kind ON record which were ts,crtc,
aud verified, hut not proven"
"a man with true scientific impulses,
concluded Dr. Hammond, will deny ~
possibility except In mathematics. w
have cn-r- in books where mems soul
have left their bodies, gone wludcrin.
around the world and come back Ia tel
what they have seen In different places
Sometimes the soul has rome back an,
found 10. hahitutipn destroyed hy death.
don't believe that there iB any truth In tina
sort of yarn, but We have q minister ~ uu
thYnty ipr i. You find rucE instances r.
corded m Wonders Ut the liJtlo Nofld,
by Nathaniel Wanlcy, vicar oi Trinity pIr
ish, Coventry, 1885,
wrSOrHV And MARTINS
Dr. Levi. A.. Sayrr, Il Filth avenue
said he know the doctors mentioned IN lh0
Hr1irs nr iclc. anil be- could yuuch fpr /
that they nrr COOL men. lie ri u'd q
the old theory that you speak II the dew
unl "a creditor ~ sufp "a appear. and yul
speak oi au anpalaud you hear he n%ultrrin.
ui re- priiy giii's wings md things. TIL.
doctor said b. could not understand th.
rtuHr. bat supposed II Wis due "a ClJCirrn
Influences
~ b. ju.' ~ with hypnoiism Ei,
d. styIr. "llypuUt.Fm brings total an
CONSEQUENCES, aud You can pinch ~ bun
ilr subject or run knives through him
one p'rHlu has % peculiar influence Owe
another. but there never hns been % scion
uhr explanation ~ It. ] hiN" t.yn Char
cot. the greatest uyurulusi-i lu the world
lUlk aIuliont iu tie lHrc uul p1ss hI
hands 0yor her two or three times un.
place her Ice % state II cnlnlrlay almost IN
s%iBuily. llr would then take up The skli
Oi her arm ami pu]nuiurc b with hnirpii
without nuy evidence Ul sensation.
WAX MINDS ASp ~IusATiry.
~ should Incline "a think that the pre-
muuiiuns spoken oi should Doc rlrpatu,
tD people with weak minds. thiwYt.
experiments afr conducted iu q luuuli,
asylum The iarl iH, / have bad sp murl
a. ip In attending 81 thc practical ualiiy
ui ihr suffering and m lpuuuJs 81 thO
world that I have bad uo timc ~ dpyoiu
o. these imaginary hluH tIai cannot u,
explained by those Who pretend 90 under
stand them. There is 40 question that
magnetic influence 81 one pDrlpn owe